Billy Sprowls

Guillermo "Billy" Sprowls (* in Mexico City ) is a former Mexican racing driver .

Racing career

Billy Sprowls began his career in the late 1950s and became one of the most famous and successful touring car drivers in his home country. Belonging to the generation of the two Rodríguez brothers Ricardo and Pedro , he was first a mechanic and co-driver for Paco Díaz and later became a works driver at Chrysler Mexico . He won several Mexican touring car championships on a Dodge Dart .

In the 1970s, Sprowls was also active in international long-distance sports . He contested the 12-hour race at Sebring and the 24-hour race at Le Mans . He celebrated his greatest success at the Daytona 24-hour race in 1975 when he finished second overall with Michael Keyser and Andrés Contreras in a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR behind Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1975	Jagermeister Kremer Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Juan Carlos Bolaños	Andrés Contreras		Rank 9
1976	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 935	Juan Carlos Bolaños	Eduardo Lopez Negrete	Hans Heyer	failure	Wagon fire
1982	Edgar Dören	Porsche 935K3	Edgar Dören	Antonio Contreras		failure	no petrol

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1975	Toad Hall Motor Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR	Michael Keyser	Andrés Contreras	failure	accident
1976	Adam's Apple	Porsche Carrera RSR	Juan Carlos Bolaños	Eduardo Lopez Negrete	Rank 11

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

• About Billy Sprowls (Spanish)
• Billy Sprowls at Racing Sports Car

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1975 Daytona 24 Hours